Fourth death in just over a month from ‘Dr Death’ drugs mix

A 26-year-old Dublin woman died from the toxic effects of cocaine and PMA — the amphetamine known as Dr Death — an inquest heard.

Laura Richardson of Bremore Pastures Crescent in Balbriggan, Co Dublin, was found collapsed on the kitchen floor by her fiancé at the house they were staying in at Woodbine Road in Edenmore on the afternoon of July 7 last year. The couple had been taking cocaine the night before.

This was the fourth inquest heard at Dublin Coroner’s Court in the last month where death involved a combination of cocaine, PMA, and stimulant benzylpiperazine. All four people died within a period of just over a month starting with the June bank holiday weekend.